Course syllabus

Ingenjörsinriktad yrkesträning
Engineering Training Course

IYT000, 15 credits, G2 (First Cycle)

Valid for: 2017/18
Decided by: LGGU
Date of Decision: 2017-04-27

General Information

Elective for: B4, BI3, BME4, C4, D4, E4, F4, I4, K4, L4, M4, MD4, N4, Pi4, RH2, V4, W4
Language of instruction: The course will be given in Swedish

Aim

The internship is to provide students with insight into different opportunities and conditions for knowledge application. The work duties are to be sufficiently complex to enable the students to apply their acquired theoretical knowledge. The relevance of the work duties in relation to the study programme is to be taken into account. In addition, the course is to provide students with a comprehensive understanding of the demands and skills involved in professional life, which are not of a strictly technical nature but often directly linked to the role of the engineer. During the internship, the student is to work under the terms and conditions that apply at the workplace and is to be assigned specific work duties. During the internship period, the student is also to develop their ability to serve a contributing member of staff.

Learning outcomes

Knowledge and understanding
For a passing grade the student must

• demonstrate insight into the different opportunities and conditions for knowledge application,
• demonstrate a general understanding of the demands and skills involved in professional life, which are not of a strictly technical nature but often directly linked to the role of the engineer,
• understand the significance of retrieving and selecting relevant information with regard to issues of technology and engineerin, and
• demonstrate insight into the multifaceted role of professional engineers toda.

 

Competences and skills
For a passing grade the student must

• be able to provide an oral and written account of their experiences/acquired knowledge from the course, and
• be able to describe and analyse the professional role of the engineer.

Judgement and approach
For a passing grade the student must

• demonstrate the ability to cooperate with professionally active engineers or other practitioners in the field in order to perform the work duties required at the workplace.

 

Contents

• The professional role of the engineer: participation in work of relevance to engineers within the field,
• the professional role of the engineer: reflect on the usefulness for professional practice of individual courses within the programme, and how the need for further knowledge is identified and satisfied,
• project organisation: students reflect on the roles of different types of engineers and how they collaborate,
• industrial organisation: students reflect on collaboration with professionals in fields other than their own, and
• engineering skills: oral and written communication and collaboration with other professional agents.

 

Examination details

Grading scale: UG - (U,G) - (Fail, Pass)
Assessment: For a Pass on the course the student shall:
- submit a written report of reflections at the end of the internship period;
- keep a log for the duration of the course. The log is to be submitted to their supervisor at LTH every week;
- deliver an oral presentation with a subsequent discussion during a seminar announced at the department.

The student is required to spend at least 8 weeks, full-time, at the chosen workplace. On completion of the course, the supervisor at the workplace is to verify the student's attendance and active participation at the workplace during the period in question. The supervisor at LTH is to be notified of any sick leave. The same supervisor will also determine whether the student's absence is acceptable in proportion to the course.

Throughout the course, the student is to keep a log, and submit these entries and reflections (1-2 pages) at the end of every working week to the supervisor at LTH. The log entries are to be included in the final report.

The following three questions are to be answered every week:
1) What are the three most important things I have learnt this week?
2) What could I have done differently this week?
3) What can I do better next week?

The final report (4-5 pages, excluding log entries) is to include the following:
- A presentation of the company
- A description of the student's role and work duties during the internship
- Actors (different professional groups) with whom the student has come into contact
- An account of the greatest learning experience from the internship, the most useful knowledge gained from the course, and what they feel has been missing from the course and they want to learn more about after completing the internship
- Reflections and conclusions.

The examiner, in consultation with Disability Support Services, may deviate from the regular form of examination in order to provide a permanently disabled student with a form of examination equivalent to that of a student without a disability.

Admission

Admission requirements:

• At least 150 credits of compulsory/elective first-cycle courses in engineering/fire engineering programmes at LTH. For admission, the student must also have attained sufficient knowledge in the relevant subject area, and must not have started their degree project. The supervisor at LTH will determine whether the requirement of sufficient prior knowledge has been satisfied before the start of the internship

The number of participants is limited to: No

Contact and other information

Course coordinator: Prefekten vid den berörda institutionen utser en lärare vid Lunds universitet till handledare och ansvarig examinator. Handledar- och examinatorrollen kan innehas av samma person, dock kan en doktorand inte vara examinator.,
Course coordinator: The relevant head of department will appoint a lecturer at Lund University to supervisor and examiner. The supervisor and the examiner can be the same person. However, a PhD student is not accepted as an examiner.,
Course homepage: http://www.lth.se/samverkan/samverka-med-studenter/ingenjoersinriktad-yrkestraening/foer-studenter/
Further information: Before the start of the course, the supervisor at LTH must approve the aim, justification and description of work duties.

The workplace is to provide the name of the person who will supervise the student for the entire period. The supervisors are to set aside the time needed to support the student's work. The workplace can, and should, appoint an assistant supervisor. The teaching consists of a project conducted at the chosen workplace. The course comprises 400 hours, including 320 hours of internship.

For information on how to apply for the course, please visit the course homepage.

If the course takes place in the summer, and the workplace is unable to provide supervision during a certain period, a brief interruption (of no more than 3 weeks) can be made until the supervisor has returned.

Language of instruction: The course will be taught in the language jointly agreed by the supervisor and student.

The course registration will be made at the course code tied to the chosen subject, not on IYT000.